The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1897, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1897. JO A NOTHING HAPPENED The Board of Supervisors Returns to Its Old Quarters. QUIETLY TRANSACT | | | BUSINESS. The Day Spent in Undoing| What the Other Board Had Done. | BRODERICK IS RUSHING MATTERS. The Auditor Has a Large Force at Work on the Tax Rolls. No scenes of tumultuons joy marked the | restoration of the old Board of Supervi- | sors 10 official power. In ihe corridor of | the new City Hall leading to the assem- | bly chamber of the board, admiring con- | stituents of the ousted eight assembled vesterdey morning to tender congratula- tions to the restored, but the welcome back to the official fold was extended in a | quiet, subdued fashion. As the eight, one | | | by one, entered the rooms from which they had but a short time since been ejected by the uniformed mirvions of the municipality they glanced furtively around to see if any police officer was | lurking in the vicinity. The doors of the i Clerk’s office and the committee-room were swung wide open to receive the re- instated. There was no regular board yesterday, but com were in session all day long. The accum- session of the| tee meetings | end a picturesque career in a year and a | paign which early promises certain Re- Alameda County Out for the Gov- ernorship Contest Between Pardee and Davis. The gubernsatorial campaien, which will month, ha: t actively opened. It has begun in Alameda County, now | the Republican stronghold of the State, as may be thought appropriate in a cam- pubiican victory. It has opened, too, with a battle. That | isa sign of bealthy activity, and then, | too, it is a sign that Alameda County Re- publ can politics has begun to work. Alameda County politics has for years done much to promote popular interest in civic affairs, but now Alameda County comes to the iront with a cause and with a home-made fight thatare of State-wide interest and significance. Alameda has early, boldly and reso- lutely reeistered its claim to the Repub- | lican nomination for Governor. The | recognition of tiis claim would do the | party there no good if 1t didn’t have a nominee to back, and this latter necessity | provides the fight that is just now a very pretty one, Oakland has two favorite sons of ster ling worth and dividea friends, and it is | trying to make up its mind which one to | back. the big prize 1t will be urged eisewhere that an Alameda County nominee would be an especially strong one because of the exceptionally big Alameda County ma- jority which he would roll up on account of this issue which would be keot in the middle of the front. The friends of some of the gubernatorial aspirants from eise- where may dispose of all this, but that is the way the Alameda County Republican leaders are putting the situation. The situation was thus favorable for the start of a gubernatorial campaign. It was an early and warm spring time to sprout- ing political ambitions which did not | shoot forth into the sunlight until the other day. But two weeks ago the fun began. The Oakland Enquirer, property of Frank A. Leach, Superintendent of the Mint, broke out with the declaration that William R. Davis was the man for the next Governor. The thing came like that old *‘thunder- bolt out of a clear sky.”” This editorial | ehampionship was quickly followed by a | stirring about of the friends of Davis with | a petition requesting him to become the party’s standard-bearer. But the Davis boom quickly ran against | asnag in tue shape of a Pardee boom tbat | withdrawal of one or the other of the can- | didates is the fact that in the past Pardee bas been allied with Leach and his wing of the party, and has been able to draw to his support considerable of the ““long hair” element, inciuding Guy C. Earf, Assessor Dalton, P. M. Fisher and Supervisor John | Mitchell. How Congressman hilborn stands is unknown. He is said to be discreetly on the fence. He is a close friend to Leach, but Pardee's friends point to the fight for Hilborn which Pardes made against George C, Frick in the last Congressional convention and they say that Hilborn | must fish or cut bait pretty quick. Victor | M. Metcalf is ambitious to secure the Congressional nomination next year and Hilborn wants to go back, so that Hil- born’s position is a little awkward a8 be- | tween friends. Pardee thus has the local office-holding | and “machine’’ element at his back and has also been able to draw support from | the other side. Mayor Thomas and City Attornev Dow, who control the Board of | Public Works and practically all of the | county officers, are lined up on the Pardee side. One of the elements in Dr. Pardee’s fa- DR. GEORGE ulated business was taken up in the regu- lar fashion and dispatched according to | the customary style. Jobn A. Russell, | clerk of the board, went to work as if | nothing bad occurred to interrupt the | routine of official duty. The clerk recent- | ly appointed by the old board looked on in a half interested manner, but inter- posed no objection to the performance of the work by Mr. Russell. Vague hints were thrown out that the | persons on the payroll accredited to Mavor Phelan and Bupervisor Clinton might not | be performing their official duties in the | manner that the gooi of the municipal service required, and if investigation | should confirm the suspicion as act some changes migit follow. To the old ousted and recently restored eight Supervisor Ciinton is persona non grata. With special emphasis they refer to the | notes of the stenographic reporter—the | official record of the debates when the! subject of fixing water rates was under discussion—to prove that Ciinton was the Supervisor who was mainly responsible for thedelay in fixing the rates. It was Clinton who wanted more time. It was Clinton who advised against haste. It was Clinton who was oppressed with the great burden of responsibility and who was not prepared io vote in February. It was Clinton who wanted time to visit the works of the company and examine the books of the corporation. Ia defer- ence to Clinton’s plaint for delay the board consented to give him tim=, ana the result was the suit brought by Mr. Fitch to oust the whol= twelve for failure to per- form the work in February. The new board during its brief season of authority did not transact much bu: ness of importance. Some street work was projected which must be readvertised and some bids for supplying San Fran- cisco with water were opened and referred to tne Water Committee. No demands on the treasury were passed, hence there will be few complications in the Auditor's oftice. J. J. Sullivan, sidewalk inspector, was removed irom office. The Mayor did not visit bis office in the new City Hall during official business hours yvesterday. Colonel Sullivan, the Mayor's secretary, received guests in the onyx room, and imparted such informa- tion as visitors desired toreceive. ‘Ine secretary was not advised that any caucus was beld by the twelve Supervisors ap- poluted by the Mayor and the Governor. The busiest department of the munici- pality is the Auduor’s office. The tax- roll, consisting of seventy-five volumes, must be turned over to the Tax Collector a week from next Mond All the de- scriptive work has been written, and it re- mains now for the figures of the tax on each piece of property to be computed and entered. Seventy-five clerks, many of them experts in that class of work, were engaged during the hours of daylight ye:- terday, and an equal force worked iast night by electric ight. The Auditor has Daniel Leary his chief deputy, a capable men, in charge of the work, and the indi- callons are that the roll will e turned over in good form at the appointed time. When the figures are all entered, and :ue tax on the mortgages as well as the real esiate entered, each book must be com- pared by expert proof-readers 10 ascertain 3f the figures are correctly entered. The Auditor went sailing on the bay yesterday and had a pleasant outing. There was no conference between the Mayor and the members of the Budd- Phelan board, and as none has been called it is not likely that they will get to- gether. Mayor Phelan was seen last night_rela- tive to the decision of the Supreme Court. He was not in a talkative mood, but said: “I have taken no stepsio do’ anything, but our attorneys have had a consultation with the Justices. Ishall not resign or do anything whatever now, but shall allow things to take their own' course. I have nothing to say about the decision.” £ . UNDID THEIR WORK. Supervisors Guard Agalnst the Fossibliiity of Contracts Being Declared lllegal. One of the firstacts of the Street Com- mittee of the Board of Supervisors yester- day was to undo some of the work per- formed by the Street Committee of ine Budd-Phelan board. On September 22 bids for certain street work were opened by the Street Commit- 1ee of the so-calied new board. Clerk Rus- sell cailed this to the attention of the committee yesterday, and 1t was decided to advertise for new bids on the proposi- tion that the Budd-Phelan Supervisors, having been ousted by the Supreme Court, were not legally Supervisors, and therefore that their acts were not legal. The committee sat until late in_ the afternoon cleaning up the mass of busi- | Pardee ana Attorney William R. Davis. The Mayor can be tolerated, but | It would be politic, if it be not absolutely they find it hard to endure Dr. Clinton. | necessary, for the party to unite on one of | ness that had accumulated during the time the courts were handling the case, C. PARDEE MAKES KNOWN HIS CANDIDACY. “Although I have not yet said a word for publication, everybody must know that I am a candidate for the nomination of Governor. It is very apparent that I would not have stood by silently while so much has been vublished about mysetf and my political standing if I were anxious to situation voluntarily, and when they came head of the ticket that will surely sweep proud to accept the honor, and to use every confidence was not misplaced. “I recognize that the man who goes in county must have a united delegation, and backed by the solid Alameda delegation Convention. From all parts of the State contradict it. My friends canvassed the to me I told them that if the Republicans of Alameda County wanted me to be their representative for the nomination for the Calitornia next fall I wou!d be ready and effort at my command to show that such to the Republican convention from this I am also convinced that the man who is will be acceptable to the Republican State I am assured that Alameda Coanty can depend upon being permitted to name the next Governor, provided we are united. It is, therefore, the duty of the party to center upon the strongest man and to work with bim with all its might. ~I am not attending to any other man’s politics and am not allowing any one to do my own. Iam over 21, and believe in acting independently. There 18 not a word of truth, so far as [ am concerned, in the report that I have agreed to let a committee determine who is the stronger man and to abide by the result. If the Republicans of Alameda want me to with them, heart and soul. 1f they decide and friend.””—George C. Pardee in an inter 1 am running Pardee. run for the nomination for Governor I am on some other man I am his supporter view. These favorite sons are Dr. George C. these two very soon now, while the cam- paign is young and the field is fallow, and there is little doubt that this will be done soon to a fairly effective degree, and that the campaign in behalf of either Davis or Pardee will before long be in active prog- ress throughout the State. This is the reason thatthe **Long Hair: and the “Short Hairs"’ have dug up their hatchets, and this is the reason that poli- tics over there has recenty made some strange bed-fellows, as is ever the way with polities. In the last campaign Alameda County | rolled up a McKinley majority of about | 5000 votes and soon after election a hig | delega:iun went to Los Angeles and in | festal triumph brouch home the banner which Los Angeles County had possessed before as a resard for the big- gest Republican majoritv. Be€ause it is the banner Republican county of the State, because it was a State-saver last year and because it has never given California a Republican Governor, Ala- meaa County is a unit in claiming the nominzation for Governor this year. The Republican leaders assume, to start with, was forced to come quickly to the front. These rival booms at once brought about the alignments of party men that are now observed with a great deal of interest, for the fight embraces all the pariy in this county. When Leach launched the Davis boom so suddenly it was a call to arms on gen- eral principles to a good many “Short Heirs” who had various reasons for ob- jecting. Many of what has been termed the ‘‘machine’’ element, and who have been allied with the Denison-Church wing, were ready to oppose Leach and anything proposed by him or any of the “Long Hairs” on general principles. Then a fight was the proper thing any- way, as a fight meant a possible future compromise. But these and simi'ar reasons are not the main ones why the Denison-Church wing quickly lined up behind Pardee. The chief reason was that Pardee’s friend, and now openly his mansger, County | Clerk Jordan, had succ eded in the past few months in barmonizing the party to a greater degree than has been known for years and in securing a strong influence with the “short-hair” elemen:, which in- cludes most of the city and county office- holders. Pardee made Jordan’s success- vor is the fact that be is wealthy and am- bitious. He has taken an active part in politics ever since he returned from the university at Hcidelberg, and soon after jumped into a successful loca! citizens' 1oovement which elected James P. Ames Mayor about ten years ago. Since then he has been on the Board of Health, in the Councll and in the Mayor's chair. His friends point to his successful political career, in which he never lost a fight, and to the independent and aggressive nature which is allied with a knack of being popular and with ability as a political organizer. Among those who are back of Davis are ex-Bank Commissioner John E. Farnam, “Mack’ Weber and State Committeeman W. W. Knickerbocke:. The contest has just reached the stage when suggestions of bitterness have faded somewhat, and the idea of conference that the party may unite on one candidate and harmoniously support him is being received with greater favor. Both siaes are now asserting that the contest is wholly friendly and are waiting to see which cand date will withdraw in the in- terest of harmony. It is recognized that it will be absoiutely necessary for the county to present a united party if the ful fight for the office he holds, and Jordan nomination is to be secured. W. R. DAVIS ON ALAMEDA’'S CLAIM TO “Qur peop'e feel that while they have furnished majorities for Governors and have saved the State on more than one occasion they have never had a Republican Governor from this county and that it is only fair that this county shoula be considered favor- ably in that respect. “It is of special importance at this juncture. The effact of the recent water-front decision will be such that tha State will undoubtedly have to do at an early day with the Oakland water front. When it acts it will in all probability act through a Board of Haroor Commissioners. designated by the Governor. It is obvious It is generoutly provided that commissioners shall be that our people prefer to have the future plans of their harbor development dsvised and started by men appointed by a Gov rnor fimiliar with the Oakland water front and the possibilities of its develop- ment. If the original plans are wrong it will be a stumbling block in our way for twenty years to come. “The future of the Oakland water front ance than as yet is commonly understood. is of much greater commercial import- Its development if carried out with reasonable speed will convert Oakland from what it has been into an important and finally great commercial city. Personal interest in the governorship is trivial when compared with these great interests or when compared even with the other matter of considerable importance, the standing of this county among the fifty-soven counties of this State in the admistration of the affairs of the State.” —W. R. Davis in an inter- view. THE GOVERNORSHIP. that their position in this respect is an exceedingly strong one, and that there will b: a general disposition to concede the claim. They say that Southern Cali- fornia has had its share of Governors to date, and that the nominee will come from the bay region this time. But Oakland has another and a special reason for wanting the Governorship just now. Its great water-iront ca-e has been decided and the city—or, rather, the State—has won all of the water front out- side the low-water line on the mudfiats. This means control of the water front and its improvement. This ending of this battle with the corvoration has reawak- ened Oakland’s dream of future com- mercial greatness and revived its confi- dent ambition to be some day the me- tropol's itself. Now 1t has harbor im- provements ahead of it. It expects the next Legisiature to create a Board of Harbor Commissioners for it and to otherwise legislate for its water- front interests. These Harbor Commis- sioners will be appointed by the next Governor, and the next Governor may take an important hand in this importani legislation. Besides the materiai interests thus at has long been preparing for Pardee's gubernatorial campaiga, showing himself a skillful organizer. It had been exneeted and understood that Jordan would tea candidate for re-election, bu: when the Pardee boom was launched it became a political necessity for Jordan to drop his own fight or Pardee’s, and he stripped for Pardee’s fight by announcing that he would not be a candidate for re-election. The strength of the two gubernatoiial aspirants has just fairly develope . W. R. Davis has an unimpeachable record, as has Dr. Pardee. He was once Mayor of Oakland, and has taken a large part in the long water-front. fight and in municival affairs generally, occupying a very strong and popular position before the party and the public. He is understood to have a very great share of the ruling “‘quiet ele- ment”’ behind him, and an especial claim of strength is made by bisfriends through the prominent position he has long occu- pied among the alumni of the university. His popularity w with which his frien tion in the start. Thi: was soon dropped when the Pardee boomers roared that they wouid go over the same ground and get a bigger one. One of the things that mixes the situa- take to spur Alamedaus 10 the capture of | tion and which promises the looked-for So strong was Pardee’s fight from the start that the Knquirer wes -oon moved to observe that if Mr. Pardee proved the sironger man he would be a matchless candidate. The Tribune has not declared itself with any vigor, but is understood to favor Pardee. The other day it published a story that a committee of conference had been appointed consisting of Guy C. Earl, representing Pardee; A. B. Nye, representing Davis, and Senator Stratton as a neutral third man. O=n this point W, R. Davis said yester- day: “Nocommittee hus been appointed. Some interesied ir.ends of both of us have volunteered to confer with the idea that the interests of Alameda Countv are broader than personal rolitics. Nothing detinite has been arrived at yet, and when they want to have a conforence with either of us I suppose they will iet us know. This county must go to the con- vention as nearly unanimous as is prac- ticable.” It is gossiped that there are gubernator- ial appointments of honor, which could te mentioned at a conference, and any- way there will be a strong effort to har- moniously settle the fight that is over- shadowing all else in Alameda politics, and as a result to launch forth as soon as possible a candidate in vigorous fashion. 1 vw STATE BATTLE BEGINS.TERMS (F UREICE 0 EXPIRE Board of Supervisors to Ap- point Two Fire Com- missioners, T0O SERVE FOR FOUR YEARS. Influence Will Be Brought to Secure Reappointment of Bohen and McDonald. VACANCIES OCCUR IN DECEMBER. The Governor Appointed Colin M. Boyd, but Whether for Life or Four Years Is Not Olear. The Board of Fire Commissioners is not exactly a relic of pioneer times, but it is the product of legislative enactment prior to the adoption of the existing constitu- tion. It was provided when the board was created that it should convist of five mem- bers, three to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, ome by the Municipal Criminal Court and one by the County Court. Whez the nmew constitution was adopted, in 1879, Ed Flaherty and Frank G. Edwards, one having been appointed by Judee Blake of the Municipal Court and the other by Judge Wright of the County Court, were serving as Fire Com- missioners. Ned Flaheriy was gathered to his fathers in the course of time and the Supervisors appointed A. J. Martin to fill the vacancy caused by Flaherty's death. Governor Budd removed Mr. Martin and appointed Colin M. Boyd. The Governor maintained that ne had the right to act under that section of the constitution which confers upon the chief executive the power to appoint where no other pro- vision is made for filling a vacancy. He r asoned that the Municipal Criminal Court and County Court had been abol- ished by operation of the new constitu- tion, and that no provision had been made Lo conter upon any other body the power to fi/l vacancies in the Board of Fire Com- missioners. The question was taken to the Supreme Court und tne position of the Governor sustained by that. tribunal. Still there was an impression among omctnoldeu that all the facts were _not presented to the court. On the first Monday of December next the terms of office, respectively, of Com- missioners Bohen and McDonald will ex- pire, and the Board of Supervisors will then be called upon to fill the vacancies. The inflnence of the Fire Department will be exerted to secure the reappoinument of these Commissioners. The story is going the rounds that Gov- ernor Budd intends to appoint to fill tiese vacancies, when they occur, but it cannot be traced 10 a definite source. Should Frank G. Edwaids resign, no doubt the Governor would exercise his prerogative of appointing, as he did when Mr. Flah- erty died, but it is surmised that he will not question the right of the Board oi Supervisors to apvoint three of the Com- missioners. It is commonly suppo-ed that the Rainey influence, which 1s said to be potent in the oid Board of Supervis- | ors, will be cast in favor of the reappoint- meht of Bohen and McDonald. The term of Commissioner Marshall will not expire until December, 1899, Colin M. Boyd, who was appointed to succeed Mr. Fiaherty, may be permitted to bold his oftice for life, or the law may be construed that appcintment only holds good for four years. VALLEY ROAD GRAIN RATES, Reductions Intr.duced Down the Line and a New *cheduls I.sued. The Valley road has issued a new sched- ule of freight rates for grain. Reductions are made on the entire Visalia line and on that part of the other line south of Hanford. The new rates are generally 26 per cent lower than those formerly imposed by the Southern Pacific, which from time to time has been forced 10 adjust its rates to ac- cord with the lower tariffs introduced by the new road. The complete schedule, being a compila- tion of rates established June 2, 1897, and previously, and of the latest rates for the :outhern extensions of the system, isgiven below: IN CENTS A -000 POUNT IN CARLOADS OF 24,000 POUNDS AND UP- WARD FROM GEORGE GREEN AFTER WALGOTT Henry Harris Deposits One Thousand Dollars as a Forfeit. Harris Wants 0’Rourke to Sub- stantiate His Proposition With Coin. Sharkey and Geddard Are Matched to Give the Sports Another Run for Their Money. Tom O'Rourke’s statement in a morn- ing paper has created quite a stir in pu- gilistic circles, and Henry Harris, of baseball fame, takes it upon himself to answer. 1t seems that O'Rourke made the statement in the presence of Doc Short and John Farley that he thought that Green was biased in his decision in the Smith-Dixon contest, and that if he (Green) was looking for -satisfaction he would bet any part of $5000 that Walcott could stop Green in ten rounds, Walcott to weigh in at the lightweight limit and Green to weigh a ton if he chose. Now comes Henry Harris. Last night, in company with Green, he visited Charles Asher of ihe Baldwin Hote!, one | of O’Rourke’s triends, and offered to de- posit a check for $1000 as a forfeit tor any part of $10,000 that O'Rourke weuid not substantiate bis former statement. Asher admitted that Harris’ check was as good as the money, but as O'Rourke could not be found refused to commit himself as to his opinion he thought Walcott should win. What seems to stick in Harris’ craw is being referred to as a peanut gambler who might as a pinch bet a box of ¢ gars. Har ris claims to have bet $500 on Dixon, which he can prove by Harry Corbett, and though Green decided the battle against him, expresses himself as satistied with the decision and is willing to back Green azainsi Walcott on O’Rourke’s proposition. Green himself, in reference to his de- cision, says: *“When I was selected for referee in this fight the fact that I had been defeated by a man under O'Rourke’s management was entirely forgotten, and I stepped into the ring entirely unbiased. Walcott is a nonentity to me ouatside of a business standpoint, and the fact that he defeated me had no effect on my judg- ment in the Smith-Dixon fight. *“You can_quote me as saying that I don’t think Walcott hasa ¢ ance to beat me in another fight, le: alone in ten rounds, and that the only person that I feel sore against over the last fizht is my- seif, and T'll guarantee to retrieve myseif should Walcott again agree to give me another battle.” Teddy Alexander, who is supposed to be the manager of Joe Goddard, tele- graphed the Knickerbocker Athletic Club last evening that Goddard sccepted the terms offered by tue club to ticht Tom Sharkey in this city in November. Dan Lynch, who is the manager and backer of Sharkey, was very well pleased with the news aud said that he will back Sharkey for any amount to whip God- dard. When the sports about town heard the news they smiled and asked “if Barp would referee the match.” Of course the only reply to questions of this kind was that if Earp could not Le induced to act the third man of the old combination may be asked to select some otner one of s friends from Arizona, as a first-class referee must be had to pass judgment on a battle of this kind, and ‘such a man wouid be hard to find in this city, unless the member who is at present in the East will return in time to appoint one of his body-guard to fill such an important po- sition. It is thought that the betting will be 5 to 1, with Sharkey on the long end. THE PRIbb OF BREAD. Master Eakers’ .-\ssoc)utlon Discusses the Necessity of Kaising It Now. A meeting of the Master Bakers’ Associ- ation was held last night in Turner Hall, Turk street, to discuss the question of raising the price of bread during the high price of flour. President H. Eggeling occupied the chair, and briefiy stated the objects of the meeting, after which O. Falch said that in his opinion it would be impossible to get all the master bakers in the city to agree 1o sucu a proposition, owing to the different kinds of bread for one thing. +. Bantel expressed the same opinion, NEW TO-DAY. A man might as well try to swim with = a ball and chain on g0 = through life weighted down with disease. He has no chance at all to win the race, if he keeps his head above water he is lucky. The chances are he will be swamped. Indigestion and con- stipation drag more Burcuel ie Grand Watkins. *haron Mitler. . Lankershim . t “‘Hanford. Howaids Angloia VISALIA Ceclle... - Lone Stu De Wolf. Del Key Mitlev Parlier Reedley. Atla. Cuties an-l people down than poverty. They are as common as poverty and they are warse, because ~ they cause poverty. A sick man can’t work. Beside that, constipation causes nine-tenths of all the other diseases. It makes the blood foul and clogs up the whole system. The liver has no chance to work. The stomach has no power to digest food. The whole human machinery is blocked by constipation. There have bun all sorts of attempted cures for it, but nothing has ever succeeded like Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. The cure they make is natural and scientific and permanent. They never act violently. You don't become a slave to their use. Some druggx:ls make a little “something else.” Look out for that. People would hardly ever need to be sick if they had Dr. Pierce’s thousand-page illus- trated book, ‘“The Peo- ple’s Common Sense Medical Adviser,” al- ways at hand. Tt ex- pl um the laws of hy- giene; tells how to keep well; and gives over two hundred prescriptions ments without a doctor. It explains anatomy and physiology and gives more valuable informa- tion than any book of the kind ever printed. A paper-bound copy will be sent free on receipt of twenty-one cents in ome-cent stamps to pay the cost of mailing only. dress, World’s Dispensary Medical Associa. tion, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. A handsome cloth-bound silver- stamped copy for ten cents extra. thé ten-round proposition, although in | more profit on | | I 1gents for w. L. D.,uglas $3 Shoes for curing common ail. | and sald it was not necessary to raise the price of bread now, bur, if flour increased in price, say to $7 or$8 per barrel, then they could take action. Lf bakers would not give so much credit they would not lose any money by selling at present prices. George H. Rutz and H. Prost strongly advocated the raising of the price, and the latter suzgested that all master bakers After further discussion the president was authorized to apboint a committee of five to find ways apd means to get all mas- ter bakers,wnether or not members of the association, to attend another meeting as soon as possible and have the matter thoroughly discussed. — ——— SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. The Ex-Collector of the Italian Benev- olent society Arrested. Augustina Cassasa, an old man, was ar- rested yesterday afternoon by Detectives Gibson and Wren on a charge of felony embezzlement. The complaining witness is F. Cavag naro, president of the Italian Benevolent Society, and healleges that whil€ collector for the society Cassasa embezzled the funds. Cassasa does not deny that he was short in his accounts, but says that he was granted time to make the shortage good. He paid $500 on account last January, but fact that he was a defaulier got talked about and rvined his grocery business. 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